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GEORGE P. RIGGS, OF SlS'lERSVILLE, lvvnsr vIRciNImAssIGNoR or ONE- HALFTO WILLIAM HEALD, OF SAME PLACE.

BULLET-MOLD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of'Letters Iatent No. 521,819, dated June 26,1894. Application filerlOctuber 31,1893. Serial No. 489,653. (No model.)

I To aZZ whom it may concern:

spending Be it known that I, GEORGE P. RIGGS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Sistersvi lle, in the county of Tyler and State ofWest Vlrginia, have invented a new and useful Bullet-Mold, of which thefollowing is a speci- The invention relates toiniprovements in bulletmolds of the class operated by hand; and the objects in view are toproduce a cheap and simple handdevice of this character,

adapted to accurately mold bullets of various 7 larly pointed out in theclaims.

Referring to the drawingsFigure 1 is a perspective view of a bullet moldembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, the

levers being partly compressed to operate the cutter. Fig. 3 is avertical longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 4is a detailperspective view of the lower member. Figs. 5 and 6 are similar views ofthe .upper member. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the lever.

Like numerals of reference indicate correparts in all the figures of.the drawings.

In the practice of my invention I employa lower member, which 'is shapedat its rear end to produce a grip 1, and in front of the same isextended to form a jaw 2. Between its ends it is provided witha-semi-circular shoulder 3, having a central perforation, said shoulderbeing located at one side of the member. The upper member is provided atits front portion with a jaw 4, and has at one side, intermediateof itsends,a semi-circular recess 5, and at its opposite side, asemi-circularshoulder6, which fit's into a corresponding recess 7 formed in the lowermember, the recess 5 receiving the shoulder 3 of the lower member. Theshoulder .6, like the shoulder 3, is provided with a centralperforation, and

"through the two shoulders is passed a pivoting bolt 8, whereby the twomembers arepiv- 'otally connected. The rear end ofthe upper member isprovided on its upper side with a transverse shoulder 9, and in rear ofthe same with a semi-circular shoulder 10,'located at one side of theupper member. .the shoulder 10 is a semi-circular recess 11 into whichfits a semi-circular shoulder 12 formed on the under side of a lever 13,at the front end thereof, and the rear portion of the lever is shaped toform a hand grip 14, correspond- ;ing to the hand grip 1 of the lowermember. This lever 13 is provided at its under side with a semi-circularrecess 15 to receive the semi-circular shoulder 10 of the upper member,and a pivot bolt 16 is passed through the shoulders 10 and 12, wherebythe upper memberis pivoted to the lever, and the front end of the latterabuts against the shoulder 9, so that its movement in one direction uponthe pivot is limited. In rear of its pivot, the lever 13 abuts againstthe rear end of the upper member, which is extended beyond itssemicircular shoulder 10, and recess 11, to form the limitingshoulder orstop 17.

The two jaws 2 and 4 are each provided with corresponding bullet moldingcavities 18, and there may be a series of them if desired, the samebeing of different sizes, and therefore adapted to produce differentsizes of bullets. A cutting plate 19 is pivoted at its lower frontcorner, as at 20, to the front end of the lower member, and at its upperrear end is provided with a slot 21, arranged opposite the lever 13, andoccupied by a headed Adjacent to stud 22, which projects from the edgeof said lever 13.

The plate 19, is provided opposite each of the mold cavities with areamed perforation 23, through which molten metal may be poured into theaforesaid cavities. Of course these perforations 23 will agree with thenumber of cavities or molds. A curved spring 24 is secured to the upperside of the lower member, in rear of its point of pivot to the uppermember, and projects rearward between the lower member and the lever 13;and a spring 25 is secured to the under side of the lever 13, and hasits lower end rounded, and abutting against the spring 24, and adaptedto ride thereover as the lever 13 is raised and lowered.

This completes the construction of the device, and the operation thereofmay be briefly stated as follows:The lever 13 is swung away from themember 1 until the front end of the said lever abuts against theshoulder 9 of the upper member 4. The device is then held in one handwhile the molten metal is poured through the opening or perforation 23in the knife or cutter plate. The metal being cooled, the lever 13, andmember 1, are pressed together, the springs 24 and 25 riding over eachother, and the lever 13 assumes the position shown in Fig. 2. The cutterplate it will be seen, will, by reason of its connection with the lever13, be caused to move toward the member 1, and the perforation 23 to cutthe end of the bullet. A further compression of the lever 13 and themember 1, brings the said lever against the stop shoulder 17 of theupper member, and acting as a lever upon said member causes the same toseparate at its front end from the lower member, thus opening the moldsand permitting the bullet to be discharged from them. It will be seen bythis that the operation of cutting and delivering the bullets from themolds is continuous, the lever 13 first operating the knife or cuttingplate and finally opening the jaws to deliver the bullets. By myinvention bullets may be rapidly molded and accurately cut, and will bedelivered in a perfect condition from the molds.

The invention,it will be nnderstood,is cheap and simple, comprising butfew parts, and not liable to become impaired by use.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim is- 1. The combination of the upper and lower memberspivotally connected intermediate of their ends and having their frontends forming jaws and provided with mold cavities, the lower memberhaving its rearportion forming a grip and the upper member beingprovided with front and rear shoulders, the lever pivoted to the uppermember between the shoulders thereof and having its movement independentof the upper member limited by said shoulder, and a cutting platepivoted at its front end to the lower member and loosely connected withthe lever and provided with an opening communicating with the moldcavities of the members, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the lower member terminating at its front end in ajaw hav ng a mold cavity and having its rear portion forming a grip andprovided between the grip and the jaw with a semi-circular recess andadjacent to the same with a semi-circular per forated shoulder 3, anupper member terminating at its front end in a jaw having a mold cavitycorresponding to that of the lower memher and provided intermediate ofits ends with a semi-circular recess and a perforated semi-circularshoulder 6, the shoulders of the two members aligning, said upper memberbeing recessed at its rear end to form the front abutting shoulder 9 andthe rear stop shoulder 17 and between the same having a semi-circularshoulder 10 and recess 11, a pivot connecting the perforated shoulders 3and (i iof the members, the lever 13 having the grip j; portion 14 andat its front end the semi-ciricular shoulder 12 and recess 15, saidshoulder :12 aligning with the shoulder 10 and pivoted thereto, theopposite springs 24 and 25 arranged upon the upper side of the lowermem- ;ber 21 nd the under sideof the leverand adapted to ride over eachother, the knife plate 19 pivoted at 20 to the lower member and havinga. the cutting perforation 23 and provided at its ,rear end with theslot 21, and a headed stud extending from the lever through the slot,

substantially as described.

E. A. MYERS, W. L. ARMSTRONG.

